Q&A with Jack McDonald, UNE’s new athletic directorThe school plans to add football and women's rugby, and he's ready to meet the challenges.

BIDDEFORD — Jack McDonald likes to say he is a son of New England.

Raised in Braintree, Massachusetts, the oldest of 11 children, he attended Boston College, where he not only competed in track but coached it. Since then he has served as the assistant athletic director for marketing at BC, the athletic director at the University of Denver and Quinnipiac University, all NCAA Division I schools.

McDonald, 64, was recently hired as the athletic director at the University of New England, a Division III school that has announced plans to add football and women’s rugby to its lineup of six men’s and nine women’s sports.